Sperm Precedence, Mating Interval, and a Novel Mechanism of Paternity Bias in a Beetle (Tenebrio molitor L.)

When females mate with more than one male, the ensuing sperm competition leads to the evolution of male mechanisms that skew paternity. Males of the yellow mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor) transfer a spermatophore to females during copulation, but sperm release and storage occur later. We investig...

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